[Ham-Computers] Computer Clock Problems
Herb Gerhardt
hgerhardt at wavecable.com
Thu Mar 24 15:10:10 EDT 2011
OK, my clock problem is solved!
Even though I had replaced the CR2032 battery several times with some spare
batteries I had purchased several years earlier and the voltage on those
batteries was 3.10+ volts, it turned out to be a battery problem. I finally
broke down and bought a brand new battery, installed it and my clock has
kept time just fine for several weeks now.
So my conclusion is that even if a CR2032 reads an acceptable nominal
voltage, it may not have enough current drain available to power the clock
circuit in the computer. In the future, I will purchase a NEW battery if I
have another problem like this instead of using perfectly "good" batteries
that I have in my spare battery box......
Just wanted to let others know just in case they run into a similar problem.
That problem sure had me stumped for quite a while......
Herb
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ham-computers-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:ham-computers-
> bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Herb Gerhardt
> Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 1:43 PM
> To: ham-computers at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Ham-Computers] Computer Clock Problems
>
> OK, time for me to ask for some help.
>
> For the last month or so, I have had a problem with my HP Pavilion laptop,
> model DV 8000 in that it will not keep the correct time. When I shut it
> down at night and start it up again in the morning, it comes up with the
> internal time as the time when I shut it down. OK, I took that to mean
that
> the internal CR2032 battery had expired. I took it apart and replaced
that
> battery. That did not make any difference with my problem. I checked the
> removed battery and it still read 3.00 Volts.
>
> Now besides that problem, I have been noticing that even with the computer
> ON and on External Power, occasionally it loses time. Have not been able
to
> determine if that is gradually or all at once. It appears it happens all
at
> once and looses anywhere from a few minutes to an hour or so at a time.
>
> Can anyone shed some light on my problem and lead me in the right
direction
> as to what I should do to resolve the internal clock problem.
>
> No, sending it back to HP is NOT an option. This laptop is no longer
under
> warranty and while it was under warranty, it went back to HP three times
for
> touch pad problems which they never fixed. They finally wore me out and I
> learned to live with that problem which was just an annoyance but the
laptop
> still worked otherwise. That taught me from the Warranty Service that HP
> provides its customers, I would never buy another HP computer... Besides
> then never fixing the problem, they never even responded to my phone calls
> or email problem requests until I contacted the President of HP! From
then
> on, I seemed to have concerned managers call me but still never resolve my
> problem..
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Herb, KB7UVC
> NW APRS Group, West Sound Coordinator
> Our WEB Site: http://www.nwaprs.info <http://www.nwaprs.info/>
>
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